Deutsche Bank Championship: Charley Hoffman's Record-Tying Score Gives Him Tour Win

Charley Hoffman scorched TPC Boston in the final round on Monday, shooting a nine-under 62 to win the Deutsche Bank Championship, the second stop of the FedExCup Playoffs. Hoffman finished with an overall score of -22, besting a trio of golfers who finished five strokes back.

Hoffman entered Monday four shots behind Day, at -13, but an impressive day of 11 birdies, including six on the back nine (where he posted a 29), catapulted him to the top of the leaderboard.

Geoff Ogilvy, Luke Donald and Jason Day, the leader entering Monday's fourth round, finished in a three-way tie for second at -17.

Hoffman's day is already being called "arguably the best round in Playoffs history" by the PGA's official site. Indeed, it was something special: his score tied the tournament record of 22-under (originally set by Vijay Singh in 2008).

With the victory, Hoffman moved to second in the FedExCup points standings.

Matt Kuchar remains No. 1 in the Playoffs, followed by Hoffman and then Steve Stricker in third.

The top of the leaderboard is getting crowded as scores continue to go down in the final round of the Deutsche Bank Classic in TPC Boston.

Jason Day, who entered Monday with a one-stroke lead, is now in second, a shot behind the co-leaders, Charley Hoffman and Luke Donald. Hoffman is -5 on the day thru 11 holes, while Donald is -3 thru 10. Day, at -17 overall, is even today thru 10.

Noted golfing enthusiast Tiger Woods' day, and tournament, is done after he posted a -3 on Monday to finish 10-under. After his 72 on Friday, Tiger put up three solid rounds, shooting a 65, 69 and 68.

Geoff Ogilvy and Brandt Snedeker are both at -14, four shots back from the lead.

Hurricane Earl caused a delay of the first round of the Deutsche Bank Championship as it roared through Boston on Friday, but the rain it dumped on TPC Boston resulted in soft, forgiving conditions for Saturday's second round, and the field took advantage, with five players at 10-under or better.

There is a pair of leaders at the top, with American Brandt Snedeker and Australian Jason Day, one of the co-leaders after round one, both at 12-under. Snedeker shot a seven-under 64 on Saturday to vault himself into contention.

Matt Kuchar, the FedExCup points leader heading into this weekend, one shot off the lead after Saturday's six-under.

Tiger Woods, noted golfing enthusiast, needed a big Saturday just to make the cut after posting a 72 on Friday, and he delivered with a six-under 65, lowering his tournament score to -5, seven back from the leaders.

Saturday's Round 2 of the Deutsche Bank Championship is underway, and while it's obviously early, American Brandt Snedeker has taken the lead, shooting five-under thru 13 to move to -10 overall.

Snedeker has a one-stroke lead on Charlie Wi and Luke Donald.

Meanwhile, noted golf enthusiast Tiger Woods, who sot a one-over 72 Friday, has come out strong Saturday -- he's -5 under thru 17, which has moved him to four-under overall. The projected cut is -2.

Battling the course and other golfers -- an racing Hurricane Earl -- Australia's Jason Day and America Zach Johnson took the early lead in the Deutsche Bank Championship in Friday's first round.

After their opening rounds, both Day and Johnson are tie atop the leaderboard after shooting an eight-under 63. Both finished just before the 90 minute stoppage in play that was implemented when Earl first arrived.

It was a delay that did no favors for noted golfing enthusiast Tiger Woods.

Even with the tee boxes moved forward and the pins in favorable spots in case of high wind and rain late in the round, Woods made four bogeys on his opening six holes and was in last place.

He needs a solid week just to get to the BMW Championship next week, the third round of these FedEx Cup playoffs.

Johnson and Day have a one-stroke lead on a group of seven, including Hunter Mahan.

Friday's first round of the 2010 Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston is underway, with play beginning at 7 a.m. EDT. American Ryan Moore is already at six-under through 12 holes.

The FedExCup points leader, Matt Kuchar, is two-back, sitting at four-under through nine, while noted golfing enthusiast Tiger Woods has yet to tee off. But off bigger concern to tournament officials is an uninvited guest who is set to play through -- Hurricane Earl.

Earl has made its way past the Outer Banks already -- fortunately, staying out at sea -- and is now setting its sights on New England. Cape Cod is currently under a high threat level, with the worst of Earl expected to reach the Boston area sometime late Friday night/early Saturday morning. The outer-most rain bands are already extending into the southern most part of New England (via Weather.com):

Officials at the Deutsche Bank Championship are expecting it to impact Friday's opening round -- they moved up the tee times by 40 minutes.

"We're going to come in (Friday) morning and start playing golf and we're going to play all we can," said Mark Russell, a vice president of rules and competition for the PGA TOUR. "Hopefully Earl will slow down and we'll get finished. If we can't, we've just got to play it by ear, get the players off ... get the spectactors to take shelter and see what happens. ...

DTN meteorologist Stewart Williams expects Earl to bring with it wind gusts of 50 mph by Friday night and 2-4 inches of rain.